Peter Goldring was born on 12 December 1944 and is a former Canadian federal politician.
10 Facts About Peter Goldring
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Peter Goldring served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, from 1962 to 1965, as a military police officer.
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Peter Goldring was a member of the Reform Party of Canada, and the Canadian Alliance.
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Peter Goldring has sat as an independent Member of Parliament before being welcomed back to the Conservative caucus in 2013.
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Peter Goldring did not run for re-election in 2015 following a string of incidents, including a controversial press release in the wake of the November 2014 harassment accusations against fellow Liberal Members of Parliament, Scott Andrews and Massimo Pacetti, by unnamed New Democratic Party colleagues.
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Peter Goldring is the former official opposition critic of Veterans Affairs, Public Works and Government Services, and Public Housing.
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In 2004, Peter Goldring visited the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean to explore the possibility of amalgamating the islands into a Canadian territory.
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Peter Goldring resisted calls to overturn Riel's conviction for treason and for him to be named a Father of Confederation.
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Peter Goldring, who has publicly opposed the use of breathalyzers to catch impaired drivers, refused to provide a breath sample.
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Shortly after the incident, Peter Goldring resigned from the caucus of the Conservative Party of Canada.